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Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print comment The Miami baseball team’s 44-year streak in the NCAA tournament has come to an end. The Hurricanes were not among the 64 teams selected to play for the national title when the NCAA bracket was released Monday afternoon. The 44-year tournament streak was the longest in any sport in NCAA history. Miami (31-27) hasn’t sat out of the tournament since 1972, winning…

Cal State Fullerton has been so good at baseball for so long that it’s easy to forget just how fragile success can be at a commuter school off the Orange Freeway. Like how the program almost got taken down by parking tickets. It took former coach Augie Garrido a few years, but he got fed up with battling for a spot in the faculty lot, a 10-minute walk to the…

Frank Deford in 1984. He would go on to spend another 33 years as a commentator on Morning Edition. Bob Child/AP hide caption toggle caption Bob Child/AP Frank Deford in 1984. He would go on to spend another 33 years as a commentator on Morning Edition. Bob Child/AP Updated at 4:11 p.m. ET Through nearly four decades, at least five presidential administrations and seemingly countless Super Bowls and World Series,…

They have popped up in the scablands of eastern Washington and along Lake Michigan. They have come to prominence during the Gilded Age and in the new Millennium. They have all, at one point or another, shocked, dominated or captivated a sport. What made college sports’ one-sport wonders what they are? The typical formula for success dictates that a school build football and basketball into cash machines, with the revenue…

He said Akif Cagatay Kilic, the sports minister, had already been instructed to carry out the order. “What does arena mean? We don’t have such a thing in our language,” Mr Erdogan added, urging people to examine the “meaning and interpretation” of arenas saying the word was “neither polite nor elegant”. Mr Erdogan’s disdain for the word is thought to stem from Ancient Roman arenas, where gladiators would fight to…

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AstroTurf: Erased from existence and out of mind, regarded as a relic of the ’70s — like 8-tracks and Jimmy Carter. But it played an important role in sports and was the precusor to the field turf that dominates grass fields now — whether indoors or out.  The Astrodome was the first major arena to get the surface because it was the first major dome on the planet (known as…

Sport Ireland has revealed that Brendan O’Sullivan was suspended after testing positive for the banned stimulant methylhexaneamine last year, but said that the Kerry footballer received a reduced ban as it was accepted that a contaminated supplement was responsible for the violation.  The nasal decongestant and mild stimulant was made a ‘specified substance’ by the World Anti-Doping Authority in 2011. The Sunday Independent revealed yesterday that the Valentia Islander had failed a doping…

A Denver sportswriter is being slammed on social media after firing off a “racist” tweet about the winner of the Indy 500 being Japanese. “Nothing specifically personal, but I am very uncomfortable with a Japanese driver winning the Indianapolis 500 during Memorial Day weekend,” wrote Terry Frei, of the Denver Post. His tweet came about an hour after former Formula One driver Takuma Sato made history Sunday by…

Canadians are innovative. From inventing the telephone and the snowmobile, to the Wonderbra and the zipper, we also had our hands in athletics. Here’s a look at four sports you can thank Canada for. Basketball: In 1891, Dr. James Naismith, a former McGill University phys-ed teacher, took a teaching job at the YMCA International Training School in Springfield, Mass. There, the Almonte, Ont., native was tasked with creating a new…

David Cameron has been filmed appearing to jump the queue in JD Sports in order to purchase a pair of socks. The former British Prime Minister could be seen taking a multi-pack of white socks to the checkout before realising he had taken the wrong size. The Conservative, who has kept a relatively low profile since leaving Downing Street, then walked back to the clothing rack to swap the socks…

IF | Joe Folkers Millard South | Senior By the numbers: Batted .357 with 35 hits and 26 RBIs from the leadoff spot much of the season, had 5 doubles, 3 triples and 2 homers; walked 23 times, giving him a .504 on-base percentage, and stole 26 bases in 28 attempts; also pitched, going 2-0 with a 4.30 ERA, striking out 10 in 14 2/3 innings; undecided about where he will…

MONDAY ON TV COLLEGE GOLF 4 p.m. GOLF — NCAA Men’s Championship, Individual National Championship, at Sugar Grove, Ill. COLLEGE LACROSSE 1 p.m. ESPN2 — NCAA Tournament, championship, Maryland vs. Ohio St., at Foxborough, Mass. HORSE RACING 4 p.m. FS2 — Belmont Park Live, Memorial Day special, at Elmont, N.Y. MLB BASEBALL 1 p.m. ESPN — N.Y. Yankees at Baltimore 4 p.m. ESPN — Washington at San Francisco 7 p.m….

The game was at the stadium of Motagua, who play in the Honduran capital city, Tegucigalpa At least four people are believed to have died and many others been injured in a stampede at a game in Honduras. The incident occurred at a sold-out match between Motagua and Honduras Progreso in the Honduran capital. News agency Associated Press reports that a police statement claimed too many tickets had been sold….

David Cameron has been filmed appearing to jump the queue in JD Sports in order to purchase a pair of socks. The former British Prime Minister could be seen taking a multi-pack of white socks to the checkout before realising he had taken the wrong size. The Conservative, who has kept a relatively low profile since leaving Downing Street, then walked back to the clothing rack to swap the socks…

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Austin Dillon passed an out-of-gas Jimmie Johnson two laps from the end in the Coca-Cola 600 for his first NASCAR Cup victory, returning the iconic No. 3 car to Victory Lane early Monday. Dillon, the grandson of Hall of Fame car owner Richard Childress, was among several drivers who chose not to pit down the stretch. Johnson ran out of fuel on Lap 399, and Dillon was able to cruise…

9:19 PM ET Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print comment The pomp and circumstance was already flowing through Portugal’s national stadium prior to Sunday’s Portuguese Cup final between Benfica Lisbon and Vitoria Guimaraes when something truly unexpected occurred. As if sent from the future, a mysterious man with golden shoulder pads suddenly appeared on the scene, gliding through the rainy weather on a drone while holding the match ball….

Virginia outfielder Adam Haseley (7) watches the baseball after he connects during the Cavaliers’ game with Duke at the 2017 ACC Baseball Tournament in Louisville, Ky., on Thursday, May. 25, 2017.

Long Beach State will be one of 16 host sites when the NCAA Division I baseball tournament begins this week. Pairings and seedings will be announced during a selection show beginning at 9 a.m. Monday on ESPN2. This will be the first time Long Beach State hosts a regional since 2008. Each regional will feature four teams playing in a double-elimination playoff. Regional winners advance to one of eight super-regionals,…